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Isolation Art Mail Allows You to Work Creatively with Others Through the Post
Tue 16 Jun 2020In a bid to inspire creative communication through traditional, tangible methods, Tracey Meek is combating loneliness and isolation the old-fashioned way. We caught up with the artist to discuss Isolation Art Mail, her community art intervention project that encourages people to share a collaborative chain letter of unfinished artwork...
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From Slums to Skate Parks to Shopping: The History of the Broadmarsh
Mon 15 Jun 2020From slums and skate parks, to shopping centres and abandoned residential plans, the intu Broadmarsh Centre has long proved to be a problematic piece of architecture in Nottingham’s cityscape. Plans have come and gone, ownership has changed hands, and promises have been made. As work on the latest development plans by current owners intu grind to a halt, Dan O’Neill explores the turbulent history of the Lister Gate location...
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Bless Our Hustle - The New Website for Self-Employed Creatives
Fri 10 Apr 2020Quite a few of us have had our lives turned upside-down or, more specifically, outside-in, over the last few weeks. But for some their work, as well as their lifestyle, has suffered...
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10 Ways You Can Enter the Young Creative Awards at Home
Wed 25 Mar 2020Want to do something creative and positive at home during the lockdown? Aged 11-24 and live, work or study in Nottingham? Enter this totally free competition to win cash prizes and life-changing opportunities...
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Nottingham City of Literature are Running a Creative Writing Competition for Writers Aged 10-25
Mon 09 Dec 2019Are you a youngster in our city who has gifted gears whirring away? We have a corking competition for you…
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Serif Are the Local Tech Company Taking on the Big Guns with Their Editing Software
Mon 11 Nov 2019Five years ago, during the fall of 2014, two revolutions were about to start: the now-famous Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong, and the launch of Affinity Designer,, developed by Nottingham-based company Serif. Affinity Creative Suite – complete with the launch of Affinity Photo in 2015 and Affinity Publisher in 2019 – would eventually provide an interesting, and affordable, alternative to the mastodon Adobe Creative Suite...
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Hackspace Help Nurture the DIY Skills of Nottingham's Creative Crowd
Mon 04 Nov 2019Tucked away off the outskirts of Sneinton stands Roden House, a building most wouldn’t think twice about when walking past. But if you are one of the 700 Nottingham Hackspace members who owns a key, you’ll know that there’s quite an extraordinary space inside, where your skills and creative projects can be nurtured with the help of specialist equipment. Our Eve Smallman spoke to founder Dominic Morrow about the concept, the ups and downs, and why spaces like these should be as common as gyms...
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Meet Black Friends, Our City's New Creative Platform
Tue 22 Oct 2019A cosy nook at Malt Cross on a wet Friday morning was the perfect setting to catch up with James Denham for insights into his up and coming project, Black Friends...
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My First Time... Getting Drunk
Tue 20 Aug 2019We asked your lot about the first time you got absolutely sloshed...
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The Creative Quarter Are Celebrating the Summer Solstice with the Lightest Night 2019
Thu 13 Jun 2019Building on the success of the ever-popular annual Light Night event in February, the Creative Quarter will mark the brightest day of the year with Nottingham’s first ever Lightest Night...
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‘The World Is For Everyone’: Creative Voices of PAMOJA Women Together Group
Wed 05 Jun 2019If you’re not looking for it, you could miss the network of women all around Nottingham who are working their socks off to bring together refugees and welcome them to our communities. Reading, sharing, laughing, crying and integrating to recognise each other through the key thing that they all have in common, regardless of their backgrounds. They are all women. They have all led very different paths to somehow end up here, in Nottingham. I went along to a beautiful afternoon poetry led by the PAMOJA Women’s Group. It moved me to tears. I’ll do my best to justify what a special afternoon this really was…
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Life's Rich Tapestry: The Creative Textile Project Encouraging Women to Use Their Voice
Wed 06 Mar 2019Life's Rich Tapestry is a collaboration between Offshoots East Midlands C.I.C and Ignite futures and funded by the Big Lottery, The Arts Council and Nottingham Women's Centre, with the aim of using the creative arts to empower women to use their voice...
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Tentacles is a Creative Collective for Disabled and D/deaf Writers in Nottingham
Sun 20 Jan 2019Tentacles takes place at Nottingham Playhouse on Wednesday 30 January, 5pm.
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Nottingham Greeting Card Business The Art File on Sustainability and the Creative Industry
Mon 12 Nov 2018Exchanging messages of goodwill has been common practice ever since the early Egyptians, who used papyrus scrolls to send greetings and sparked an international trend spanning centuries. While some may bash out a quick “happy birthday” text to their gran, the greeting card industry is still thriving. We sat down with James Mace, of local business The Art File, who explains why…
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The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest
Thu 08 Nov 2018Back in medieval and early Tudor days, coppers strolled along the official – although often confused and disputed – boundary of Sherwood Forest, checking for robbers and the like. In more recent times, poets, photographers, and sound artists have traced the olde steps, now running through tarmaced ex-mining towns, looking for inspiration on the Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest...
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Live Music Review: Mystic Braves, The Creation Factory and The Hijinks at The Bodega
Wed 15 Aug 2018Grab your paisley, velvet, suede and tassels, and get ready to take a trip back in time to the hazy, hedonistic age of psychedelia...
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Proud to be Creative: An Interview With Write Pride Organiser Hayley Green
Tue 24 Jul 2018Representation is a bit of a buzz-word at the moment, so it's refreshing to see it done right. Nottingham-based poet and event organiser Hayley Green is the spearhead for the Write Pride Festival, a five-day event that celebrates some of Nottingham's best and brightest LGBTQIA creatives. We had a chat with her ahead of the festival to chat about the coming week.
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Young Creative Awards 2018: Photography Winners
Tue 19 Jun 2018Last month, the city’s creative youths did the damn thing down at Nottingham Playhouse for the Young Creative Awards, this year sponsored by Nottingham College. 2018’s photography category was judged by representatives from the Press Association, Scene Photography and previous YCA winner Aria Shahrokshani. Well in, ducklings.
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What's Life Like on the MA Creative Writing Course at NTU?
Thu 25 Jan 2018Tuesday Goacher talks boosting confidence with academic study...
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Getting Published with NTU's MA Creative Writing Course
Thu 18 Jan 2018Kim Slater talks about what she gained from her time at Nottingham Trent University...
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From USA to Notts: Studying Creative Writing in the City
Thu 11 Jan 2018Ashley Silvey, from the USA, is a postgraduate student at NTU, and here tells us all about the hows and whys of studying in humble Nottingham...
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Stephen Barker: The Creative Quarter's New CEO
Tue 26 Dec 2017The Creative Quarter was set up by Nottingham City Council in 2012 to help create jobs and economic growth in the east of the city: the Lace Market, Hockley, BioCity and Sneinton Market all included. Now that former CEO Kathy McArdle has handed the reins over to Stephen Barker, we thought we’d hit him up to see what his plans are with the organisation...
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26 Nottingham Independents to Buy Creative Christmas Gifts From This Year
Mon 11 Dec 2017It’s easy to get bogged down in the conveyor belt of tax-dodging chain shops in the UK. You know the story: it’s a few days before Crimbo and you’re wading through the Market Square gaggles, with oodles of ornamental cats and willy-shaped salt shakers spilling out of your arms. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there duck.
This year, you can pack in the panic buys and consult our handy guide to the best independent makers, doers and sellers in Nottingham. That’s right, we’ve rounded up some of the top creative establishments in the city, and have highlighted a few of their top buys to stuff in yer nan’s stocking. Argos? Do one.
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SHEAfriq: The New Creative Collective in Nottingham Town
Thu 19 Oct 2017SHEAfriq is a brand new collective of creative women of black heritage. We sat down with members Aïcha – DJ, artist and business owner – and Saziso – freelance creative producer and founder of The Anti Gallery – to talk about the collective’s aims, challenging stereotypes, and bringing the goods to the Nottingham populace...
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The Nottingham Creatives Bringing the NHS to the Stage
Mon 21 Aug 2017Fifty years ago, John Berger and Jean Mohr brought the world of a rural medical professional into the spotlight with the book A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor. Now, theatre-maker Michael Pinchbeck and photographer Julian Hughes have been developing a creative project based on the book. Working with New Perspectives theatre company, alongside a team of writers and visual artists, the pair have been taking another look at doctors, exploring just how much the NHS has changed over the years through their new theatre production A Fortunate Man...
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